FWD50 took place on November 6-8, 2023 in Ottawa's Lansdowne Park. See the Agenda.
There have been 272 posts and 905 favourites with the hashtag #fwd50 on Mastodon.
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(8)Fantastic talk by @sboots on what ails government tech in Canada — and elsewhere — and what could be done to fix it, without a shoutout to @Marthalanefox’ paper in 2010 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/directgov-2010-and-beyond-revolution-not-evolution-a-report-by-martha-lane-fox & @govuk & @GDSTeam since. Humble, smart, inspiring. #fwd50
New blog post! “Revolution, not evolution, for federal public service delivery”
Big thanks to @acroll and the whole @fwd50 for the chance to be part of this week’s conference! https://sboots.ca/2023/11/06/revolution-not-evolution-for-federal-public-service-delivery/ #fwd50
“SSHRC just got their first application in Cree, and at first they didn't know what to do. They asked, uh, can you just re-send this in English or French? And the applicant said, nope! That would change its meaning. And they got funded!
Knowledge and language goes hand-in-hand, this could be a real strength of the whole country if we could embrace it.” Brad Greyeyes-Brant #fwd50 @fwd50
"There is a direct correlation between the quality of service delivery and people's trust in government." Minister Anita Anand #fwd50
Invest in digital teams and level up leaders. Great list of accountabilities from Ebony Sager (from ODS). #FWD50
Gardening is a recurring metaphor for digital transformation work at #fwd50
Ursula Franklin’s metaphor of earthworming for social change—preparing the soil, a generational task—really resonates: https://lucascherkewski.com/study/earthworming/
“My goal is no longer focused on digital teams - y’all are doing a great job - but focused on changing the system in which delivery operates.” - @pahlkadot at #FWD50
What are we going to do to tend the soil, pull weeds… REMOVE cruft not just add more to the policy layers.
Stoked to be at #fwd50 this morning! You can follow the event at https://fedidevs.com/fwd50 - thanks to @anze3db for setting this up! 🙌
”The right of First Nations communities to control access and ownership of their data is a fundamental part of self-determination and the protection and development of their culture.” From the First Nations Information Governance Centre https://fnigc.ca/ #fwd50
"It's not just the technology that we need to change and implement. It's the culture." Minister Terry Beech #fwd50
“Expect to see way less password questions, because not only are they annoying, they also don't help you.” (Cheers in the room!) Xiaopu Fung #fwd50
I forgot to bring my laptop or my notebook down to #FWD50 but I do have a bag full of stickers so say hi 👋 if you want any!
I always love Alistair Croll's introductions from #FWD50. The @fwd50 conference is just such a great opportunity for government leaders to get together and challenge us all to take on the Herculean task of building effective government services. This requires us to build services that citizens can trust. Loved the salmon analogy.
"Without digital literacy in our leadership, we'll struggle to reach digital maturity. We all need to understand digital and user-centric practices and how to apply them to our jobs." Ebony Sager #fwd50
”Data is hard to collect when you only have legacy systems that can't talk to each other.“ Xiaopu Fung #fwd50
“Being an ancestor is about, knowing that you won't be around forever. You're doing the work to support people coming after you because ancestrality is part of your mission.” Daphnée Nostrome #fwd50
